Memmmmoriiiiessssss of the way we were

[ima_npc]

Who: Everybody
When: Day 02, evening
Where: The Heart Chamber

[Suddenly, the computer's voice comes back online, filling the ship.]

— sting, testing, testing— success.

Attention, crew. Please listen for an important update:

Automated computer self-repair is proceeding without errors. The process has recovered a cache of encrypted data. Decryption of these items is relatively low priority, as they do not directly pertain to the safety of the ship or the crew. However, based on their original indexed locations, this data appears to contain the old crew roster, the computer's original personality matrix, and backups of the current crew's memories.

In addition to being encrypted, the crew's memories have been badly corrupted. Before further decryption can be completed, it is essential to determine which set of memories belongs to which member. One memory from each set has been isolated. Please proceed to the heart chamber and enter a pod to experience the memories. After you are finished, please indicate which belong to whom.

((Ask questions of the computer here
Deposit memory write-ups here. When in a pod, everything feels very real, as if it is happening to them in real time, but is on a set course that cannot be changed. There's an IC pause between each one, so feel free to react to them. Their own memory will feel slightly more "correct" than the others.
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[court_chesster]

Don't worry. If he teases you, I'll tease him.

[Offers his hand.]

[scribbly]

[HMMM]

If he tries to pull my hair again, will you pull his?

[but what about senseless violence???]

[court_chesster]

[gasp!]

No way, who would pull such pretty hair?

[scribbly]

He diiid! He's a bully and his hair is stupid! [HMPH HMPH HARRUMPH]

[court_chesster]

Well, he shouldn't have done that, and I am very disappointed</i in him.

[scribbly]

But if he does it again, will you pull his hair?

[disappointment isn't good enough when bloodshed is an option]

[court_chesster]

I can pull his hair, if that's what you really want. But what are you going to do the next time he bullies you when I'm not around?

[scribbly]

...Hit him back again?

[what else?? would she do???]

[court_chesster]

But how do you make him stop?

[scribbly]

...

Hit him...harder..?

[court_chesster]

What if he decides to hit you back? Then you're in a fight against somebody bigger and stronger.

[scribbly]

Then... Um...

[She's looking kind of distressed now that she's realized that there are holes in her master plan of solving her social problems with violence, and then she scrambles out of her pod to go take Carne's hand.]

Then you're not allowed to leave so that doesn't happen!

[r.i.p.]

[court_chesster]

[Gives her hand a reassuring little squeeze.]

Okay. You know that memory with the boy running away from scary men?

[scribbly]

[relieved sigh!! this is an action begging to be regretted but for now, she's happy.]

Uh-huh. [apparently she's done being bothered by literally any of that though...]

[court_chesster]

Well, that was me. I was small and defenseless, and there wasn't anybody there to help me.

[scribbly]

Oh.

[Her face scrunches up in concentration while she tries to figure out the amount of seriousness she should be mustering up for this.]

But you did a good job running real fast.

[n...nailed it...]

[court_chesster]

Yeah, I did. I had to be tough, because I knew that no one was coming to help me. You remembered it, too, didn't you? That feeling that no one is ever going to come.

[Carne himself is looking very serious indeed.]

That's all of us right now. We can't depend on other people to solve our problems.

[scribbly]

[Oh, okay, so we're being for real serious about this, and Rose isn't entirely prepared to deal with for real seriousness? Her grip on his hand loosens and she looks away.]

But...if we're all together...then it's okay, isn't it?

[They're all grownups, but the people here like her and play games with her, so her understanding basically ends at the fact that she isn't all by herself and that's most of what she cares about.]

[court_chesster]

[Pauses for a second. He'd only wanted to tell her to learn to solve her own petty problems, but this goes a lot deeper than that. He debates which is more important - keeping her compliant or preparing her. He opts for the latter.]

We'll do our best, but it probably won't be enough. You're going to need to be tough, too.